Much as garage bands popped up from random places and revolutionized the music world, garage furniture retailers are popping up and changing design. Where one previously had to travel to a design gallery to see such refined Danish and American midcentury furniture, residential garages are serving as a home base for such offerings.

Take Julian Goldklang and Gabe Maganas Upper Castro garage rental. Stocked with such amazing designer work as Eames, Larsen, and Hvidt, this hobby enterprise started by two best friends has turned into a high-velocity project that offers highly coveted objects.

While the design showroom offers a casual atmosphere, it has proven to be highly competitive to the more established antique houses such as Valencia Streets storefronts. And although acquiring that perfect midcentury piece is completely satisfyingit doesnt even compare to the thrill of acquiring it for a fraction of the cost. To the thrill of a find.

Where professional dealers will sell an extremely rare Chromcraft Sculpta dining set, including a table and four chairs with their vinyl upholstery in excellent condition, for $500 apiece, Goldklang and Magana are selling the entire thing for just $1,000.

Such galleries are merely a side interest for many sellers like Goldklang and Magana, but they have certainly found better use for a garage than cars and old paint cans. Way to rock the industry.